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WATCH: RED BANK CLASSIC’S 1,110TH PLACE CHAMPION
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Watch the moving video of the very end of the Red Bank Classic 5k race.
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June 15th, 2025 @ 9am
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TRAINING UNDER FIRE
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters train to cut into pitched roofs under active fire conditions.
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June 10th, 2024 @ 5am
RED BANK: DUCKLING RESCUED FROM SEWER
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RED BANK: The best 90 seconds of video you'll see today: firefighters rescue duckling from 100-foot-long storm sewer pipe.
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May 30th, 2024 @ 2pm
VOLUNTEERS GET INTO THE WEEDS
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Toting plastic trash bags, 51 volunteers conducted a walking litter cleanup on Red Bank's West Side Saturday.
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April 22nd, 2024 @ 6am
RED BANK: WEEKEND PICKS FOR BODY & SOUL
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Uplifting music, art shows, old-school jazz jams and a chance to help clean up the town: Red Bank offers some cool options this weekend.
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April 19th, 2024 @ 12pm
RED BANK: TRANSIT VILLAGE, RBFD ON AGENDA
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RED BANK: On Thursday's council agenda: next step towards 'transit village' label; updates to fire department ordinance.
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November 9th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: CODE BLUE ALERT ISSUED
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RED BANK: Borough issues first 'Code Blue' cold-weather alert of the season, in effect into Friday morning.
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November 1st, 2023 @ 4pm
RED BANK: OVEN-MITT FIRE STOPPED
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters responded to a report of an oven fire in a unit at the Manor Drive condo complex Sunday afternoon.
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September 18th, 2023 @ 1pm
RED BANK: COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
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RED BANK: Outreach for volunteers to municipal boards and committees "absolutely working," with applications still welcome, says Portman.
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June 23rd, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FIREFIGHTERS PRESS FOR RENT HIKE
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RED BANK: Volunteer firefighters derail introduction of borough budget they say would scuttle a negotiated funding plan for their firehouses.
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April 13th, 2023 @ 8am
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES HOTEL LAUNDRY
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RED BANK: Molly Pitcher Inn briefly evacuated Saturday as employees hold laundry room fire in check until firefighter arrive, says chief.
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March 26th, 2023 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES APARTMENT
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RED BANK: Smoky fire in third-floor unit briefly empties seven-story Colony House Apartments. No injuries reported, says Chief Hartman.
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March 9th, 2023 @ 7pm
RED BANK: CARL COLMORGEN DIES AT 81
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RED BANK: School crossing guard Carl Colmorgen, known to many for his traffic-stopping holiday headwear, has died at age 81.
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February 2nd, 2023 @ 11am
RED BANK: CITIZEN APPOINTMENTS 2023
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RED BANK: Unpaid citizen volunteers help power local government. Here are the latest committee appointees and re-appointees.
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January 9th, 2023 @ 7am
RED BANK: SYSTEM STOPS DUBLIN HOUSE FIRE
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RED BANK: Dublin House Pub sustains light damage after fire suppression system douses early morning kitchen blaze, officials say.
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September 21st, 2022 @ 7am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES DRY CLEANER
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters stop early morning fire at Branch Avenue dry cleaning shop, containing blaze to contents, says chief.
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July 16th, 2022 @ 10am
LITTLE SILVER: FIRE DAMAGES HOME
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LITTLE SILVER: Volunteer firefighters, traveling through heavy fog, quickly stopped a residential fire on Breezy Point Road early Thursday.
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February 3rd, 2022 @ 7am
FAIR HAVEN: SENDOFF FOR A TWO-WAR VET
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FAIR HAVEN: Borough pauses to honor Ray Taylor, a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, who died last week at age 99.
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January 24th, 2022 @ 12pm
RED BANK: FIRE DESTROYS DELI MART
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RED BANK: Predawn fire destroys Town & Country Deli, second blaze on Shrewsbury Avenue in a month.
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January 22nd, 2022 @ 7am
RED BANK: FIRE DAMAGES TWO-FAMILY HOUSE
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RED BANK: Fire heavily damaged a two-family home on Shrewsbury Avenue Monday, with no immediate report of injuries.
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December 27th, 2021 @ 2pm
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SNEAKERS OVER BROAD
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sneakers hanging from the overhead wires on Broad Street.
PIANO TRASHED
Left out to take at 83 River Street. Property owner is a touring musician. Studio and home. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Chris H ...
FALL COLORS IN RED BANK
redbankgreen's Partyline captures peaking fall foliage on a Red Bank street corner.
FALL AT THE COURTS OF RED BANK
On the Partyline: stunning foliage at Red Bank's "medieval office park."
WALK FOR DEMOCRACY
The T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center led a "Walk for Democracy" Sunday from Riverside Gardens Park to the cultral center on Drs. James Park ...
Go big or go home
On the redbankgreen Partyline: Gourd display at Lighthouse on its penultimate night of the season.
MARIGOLDEN SUNSHINE
Partyline photo captures October sunshine hitting marigolds for sale ahead of Dia de Los Muertos.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES CODING TO MAGAZINE PUBLISHERS
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green and creator of Broad Street, was teaching City and Regional Magazine Association publishers how ...
LET’S SEE YOUR KINDLE DO THIS
A stack of books served as a chock while a motorist changed a flat tire on Branch Avenue Wednesday afternoon. Submitted by John T. Ward
NEW WELCOME SIGN INSTALLED
A new "Welcome to Red Bank" sign has gone up at the northern Route 35 entrance to town at the foot of Cooper's Bridge.
JUNIOR BUCS WRESTLING WELCOMES YOUNG ATHLETES FOR 22ND SEASON
Junior Bucs Wrestling is preparing for its 22nd season, offering boys and girls from Red Bank, Shrewsbury, and Little Silver an opportunity ...
TIME FOR SCHOOL, DEER
Fall has arrived and so have the middle school loving deer!
JUST IN TIME FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
Just in time for the start of the World Series later this week baseball-themed paintings by artist Max Maxon hang in the windows of the Art ...
DINNER PLANS?
Chipotle in Red Bank Sunday evening will donate a quarter of proceeds from sales Sunday to the volunteer Red Bank Fire Department auxiliary.
KENNY KATZGRAU TEACHES VIBE CODE SESSION AT LOCAL NEWS CAMP
Kenny Katzgrau, publisher of Red Bank Green, is running a vibe code session, teaching other publishers to vibe code at Blue Engine Collectiv ...
Her Majesty visits Red Bank
Navesink Queen docked at the Molly Pitcher Marina. (Photo and text by Partyline contributor Boris Kofman)  
RED BANK DINER MONEY TREE
On the redbankgreen Partyline: sunshine and a money tree at the Red Bank Diner.
NAVESINK LIGHTS
Riverview Hospital lights up the Navesink. (Text and photo by Partyline contributor Terry Franco)  
HALF BAKED BROAD STREET
Broad Street repaving begins with road subject to overnight closures.
COLOR RUN AT RED BANK PRIMARY SCHOOL
redbankgreen Partyline happens upon a cloud of color at annual color run event at Red Bank Primary School.
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